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[Data based on a sample. For information on confidentiality protection, sampling error, nonsampling error, and definitions, see text]

Subject

Number

Percent

Subject

Number

Percent

SCHOOL ENROLLMENT

NATIVITY AND PLACE OF BIRTH

Population 3 years and over

Total poplulation

152,598

100.0

enrolled in school

34,592

100.0

Native

150,663

98.7

Nursery school, preschool

2,025

5.9

Born in United States

150,145

98.4

Kindergarten

1,816

5.2

State of residence

138,384

90.7

Elementary school (grades 1-8)

14,634

42.3

Different state

11,761

7.7

High school (grades 9-12)

8,503

24.6

Born outside United States

518

0.3

College or graduate school

7,614

22.0

Foreign born

1,935

1.3

Entered 1990 to March 2000

513

0.3

EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT

Naturalized citizen

948

0.6

Population 25 years and over

106,780

100.0

Not a citizen

987

0.6

Less than 9th grade

8,106

7.6

9th to 12th grade, no diploma

13,198

12.4

REGION OF BIRTH OF FOREIGN BORN

High school graduate (includes equivalency)

50,567

47.4

Total (excluding born at sea)

1,935

100.0

Some college, no degree

13,951

13.1

Europe

702

36.3

Associate degree

6,324

5.9

Asia

570

29.5

Bachelor's degree

9,565

9.0

Africa

21

1.1

Graduate or professional degree

5,069

4.7

Oceania

4

0.2

Latin America

489

25.3

Percent high school graduate or higher

80.0

(X)

Northern America

149

7.7

Percent bachelor's degree or higher

13.7

(X)

LANGUAGE SPOKEN AT HOME

MARITAL STATUS

Population 5 years and over

144,857

100.0

Population 15 years and over

126,605

100.0

English only

138,860

95.9

Never married

32,909

26.0

Language other than English

5,997

4.1

Now married, except separated

68,828

54.4

Speak English less than '"very well"'

1,786

1.2

Separated

2,394

1.9

Spanish

1,983

1.4

Widowed

13,498

10.7

Speak English less than '"very well"'

733

0.5

Female

11,227

8.9

Other Indo-European languages

3,204

2.2

Divorced

8,976

7.1

Speak English less than '"very well"'

737

0.5

Female

4,678

3.7

Asian and Pacific Island languages

486

0.3

Speak English less than '"very well"'

251

0.2

GRANDPARENTS AS CAREGIVERS

Grandparent living in household

ANCESTRY (single and multiple)

with one or more own grandchildren

Total population

152,598

100.0

under 18 years

2,185

100.0

Total ancestries reported

172,602

113.1

Grandparent responsible for grandchildren

1,028

47.0

Arab

761

0.5

Czech¹

1,586

1.0

VETERAN STATUS

Danish

83

0.1

Civilian population 18 years and over

120,523

100.0

Dutch

3,602

2.4

Civilian veterans

18,918

15.7

English

11,406

7.5

French (except Basque)¹

3,103

2.0

DISABILITY STATUS OF THE CIVILIAN

French Canadian¹

186

0.1

NONINSTITUTIONALIZED POPULATION

German

45,630

29.9

Population 5 to 20 years

30,806

100.0

Greek

392

0.3

With a disability

2,160

7.0

Hungarian

3,720

2.4

Population 21 to 64 years

80,516

100.0

Irish¹

22,950

15.0

With a disability

14,662

18.2

Italian

14,663

9.6

Percent employed

43.5

(X)

Lithuanian

747

0.5

No disability

65,854

81.8

Norwegian

279

0.2

Percent employed

74.5

(X)

Polish

16,139

10.6

Population 65 years and over

28,949

100.0

Portuguese

31

0.0

With a disability

11,852

40.9

Russian

2,042

1.3

Scotch-Irish

1,952

1.3

Scottish

2,260

1.5

RESIDENCE IN 1995

Slovak

10,874

7.1

Population 5 years and over

144,857

100.0

Subsaharan African

214

0.1

Same house in 1995

103,931

71.7

Swedish

902

0.6

Different house in the U.S. in 1995

40,074

27.7

Swiss

229

0.2

Same county

27,002

18.6

Ukrainian

2,106

1.4

Different county

13,072

9.0

United States or American

7,381

4.8

Same state

8,697

6.0

Welsh

2,899

1.9

Different state

4,375

3.0

West Indian (excluding Hispanic groups)

27

0.0

Elsewhere in 1995

852

0.6

Other ancestries

16,438

10.8

Date: July 7, 2006

-Represent zero or rounds to zero. (X) Not applicable.

¹ The data represent a combination of two ancestries shown separately in Summary File 3. Czech includes Czechoslovakian. French includes Alsatian. French Canadian includes Acadian/Cajun. Irish includes Celtic.